Visitor Management Co. Takes Country-Of-Origin Ruling To CIT

Law360, Washington (June 19, 2017, 5:09 PM EDT) -- The maker of a system for managing visitors to schools filed suit Friday in the U.S. Court of International Trade over a Customs and Border Protection country-of-origin ruling that American software and integration did not “substantially transform” the China-imported printer and scanner used in the system.

The country-of-origin ruling from CBP restricts the ability of Raptor Technologies LLC to compete for government contracts with its Raptor Basic System because of the Buy America Act. Raptor is contesting the ruling, arguing that the vast majority of the...